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TIME SIGNAL IN EASY STYLE Leads Throughout to Win Fayette Claiming Purse at Laurel Timber Storm Registers His Third Straight StraightSuccess Success Alter Ego In a Vastly VastlyImproved Improved Performance LAUREL Md Oct 25 On a program marked by the frequent failures of favorites and form reversals Time Signal racing for L E Ogle returned to winning condition to account for the Fayetle Claiming Purse at six furlongs that was the fifth and best offering on an ordinary card at Laurel Park today Leading eVery stride of the three quarters distance over a racing surface that was deep and holding the fouryearold son of High Time St Theresa chalked up his first victory of the fall season and his fifth of the year to accomplish his success in easy style when he beat D B Midkiffs Dlxie 1 land Mrs EJ Denemarks Genie Palatine and andthree three others as his accounting came as a surprise surpriseThe The Fayette brought the halfdozen start ¬ ers into the contest under claiming tags ranging from 4000 to 3600 and with the starters out of the stalls to a fast start Time Signal uncovered a shifty brand of speed to dash into the leading position in the first furlong and dominate the running for the rest of the way In the early part he went along before Shandon Farms Bluefield and j after putting that filly away easily with ¬ stood the efforts of Dixieland to register by a length and onehalf with jockey R RlEccard lEccard looking back over his shoulder Dixieland closest to the winner after Blue field dropped back had little difficulty in saving the second share of the spoils being two lengths in advance of Genie Palatine Palatineiwhich iwhich barely beat Suburbanite for third Much was expected from Dark Sun but the 1 i best the Gustave Ring sprinter could do was to finish fifth leading home but one of the starters startersTRACK TRACK DEEP AND TREACIFEROUS TREACIFEROUSWhile While the racing strip was deep and treacherous overhead conditions were plea I jsant pleajsant for the sport and a crowd of average size met with another day of reverses I reversesI An outsider was winner of the first event eventI of the afternoon a sprint of six furlongs I engaging eleven cheap sprinters when Tim her Storm from the E H Titmus Jr stable j I sped to a frontrunning victory for his third consecutive score Registering in a mild drive the fiveyearold Tall Timber gelding l reached the finish leading Harry Neusteters Dark Friend one of the betterfancied start ¬ ers to the close as Flickering another at I liberal odds came from far back to land third thirdj j Ten betterthanaverage twoyearolds met in the second event which was another sprint of six furlongs and it gave the Milky j Way Farm another victory here when Timo Please led for every step of the journey to turn back R C Thatchers Tin Devil Mill I River Stables Bogert and the seven others jthat included the J E Widener juveniles Rodin and Omnibus which ruled in the speculation Ridden by jockey C Stevenson Time Please moved into the lead In the opening furlong and after stalling off stiff early opposition from Omnibus rallied to a I tenacious drive in the late stages to be one I length before the Thatcher colt at the finish finishUPSETS UPSETS CALCULATIONS CALCULATIONSBeaten Beaten off badly in his last race through an indifferent ride Alter Ego inconsistent plater in the O B Wearley stable upset calculations when he turned in a greatly im ¬ proved performance over his recent poor race to beat a big band of cheap platers in the third event For this a dozen were un der silks and the improvement of Alter Ego was immediately noticeable when jockey J Leyland in contrast to his recent ride on jthe colt had the son of Black Servant up toI with the early leaders and allowed him to charge right along with Waka and Oddesa finalI Lad Moving to the front near the final turn and withstanding repeated challenges the Wearley threeyearold managed to stick it out until he landed across the line winner by winnerby a neck neckJuveniles Juveniles met in the fourth race at on mile and seventy yards and it furnishea opportunity for Burner of the W M Elder i stable to annex her second purse of the current meeting Given good support in the wagering and coming from last place among the dozen twoyearolds Burner drove to the finish in advance of Ann Mowlee while Blue Tints a member of the field finished third to take the measure of Broomoria and the eight others While Burner came from last place in the running Ann Mowlee ap ¬ peared best She suffered early in the run ¬ ning from the timidity of jockey J Leyland who took her up sharply after the start then at the final bend after reaching a for ¬ 1 ward position met with interference which caused her to slacken speed after engaging the W M Elder filly a furlong from home homeHEAD HEAD HUNTER EASILY EASILYMrs Mrs D A Buckleys Head Hunter was one of the easiest winners of the afternoon when he scored a hollow victory over nine other cheap platers in the mile and three sixteenths of the sixth race Scoring by five j fivej lengths under the handling of jockey H Hi i Mora the sixyearold geldings victory took place over the favorite Scatter Brain who was just a neck before Would Dare The latter easily took the measure of Balapin and the six others Bright Light being elim elimi i inated when he was left in the stalls stallsThe The jumpers which perform for Gwladys Whitney were transferred to Pimlico by trainer Sidney Holloway
